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od's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.

other small vessel used in sea fishing. -- Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc. -- Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid.

m the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

on, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other. Hooker.

youth. The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain. Hooker. The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. Southey. A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.

A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." Gay.

low the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. Hooker.

ing foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money. You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent. Shak. To fool away, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.

is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

ong and forcible. Shak. That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin. Hooker. He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and ornamented. Lowth (Transl. )

elock bolt, a bolt retained by a key, gib, or cotter passing through a slot. -- Forelock hook (Rope Making), a winch or whirl by which a bunch of three yarns is twisted into a standard. Knight. -- To take time, or occasion, by the forelock, to make prompt use of anything; not to let slip an opportunity. Time is paint…

To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.

To prize or rate beforehand. [Obs.] Hooker.

tand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. Hooker.

The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness. Hooker.

In a fuming manner; angrily. "They answer fumingly." Hooker.

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.

To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die. Sandys.

To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.